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BACKGROUND: The opioid epidemic is a major health challenge in the United States. PURPOSE: Members from the American Academy of Nursing joined to write a consensus paper about nurses' role in the opioid epidemic. METHODS: The panel reviewed the history of the opioid epidemic and policies to care for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) and how registered nurses (RNs) and advanced practice nurses (APRNs) could increase care for people with OUD. DISCUSSION: Recommendations are presented to advance policies that empower RNs and APRNs to abate the opioid epidemic. CONCLUSION: Recommendations include (a) advance legislation that supports RNs and APRNs full scope of practice and expands professional role in pain management and addiction prevention; (b) evaluate effective policies that promote RN and APRN care; support federal elimination of X-waiver with state law alignment; (c) sustain the use of nurses in telemedicine; (d) support nursing research on nurse involvement in all aspects of OUD.
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Enfermería de Práctica Avanzada , Enfermeras y Enfermeros , Trastornos Relacionados con Opioides , Humanos , Estados Unidos/epidemiología , Analgésicos Opioides/efectos adversos , Trastornos Relacionados con Opioides/epidemiología , Trastornos Relacionados con Opioides/prevención & control , Trastornos Relacionados con Opioides/tratamiento farmacológico , Rol de la Enfermera , Epidemia de Opioides/prevención & controlRESUMEN
This policy paper reviews the history, use and significance of telehealth in primary care. The emergence of telehealth as a primary strategy to continue to deliver value based, timely primary care during COVID-19 is discussed with recommendations for future applications, payment and preparation of providers to continue to provide quality care of clients in the future using telehealth.
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COVID-19 , Telemedicina , COVID-19/epidemiología , Humanos , Pandemias , Atención Primaria de Salud , SARS-CoV-2RESUMEN
Research is critical to the growth of professional nursing in every practice area. Faith community nursing research evolved slowly in the years following publication of the first research in 1989. A faith community nursing research agenda was developed in 2008 and research priorities have been reviewed every 2 years since 2012 at a forum held in conjunction with the annual Westberg Symposium. This article reviews the progression and ongoing development of a research agenda for the specialty practice of faith community nursing. Recommendations for the development of future research for faith community nursing are discussed.